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Birdboy: The Forgotten Children (2015)

Birdboy: The Forgotten Children poster
Original title
Psiconautas, los niños olvidados
Directed by
Pedro Rivero, Alberto Vázquez
Genre
drama film, animated film, science fiction film
Country
France, Spain
Runtime
1h 16m
Rated
NR
Rating
7.4 of 10 from 164 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A shy birdboy and a young mouse girl try to escape their harsh post-apocalyptic island. The story follows their struggles as outcasts in a ruined world.

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What happens

Birdboy: The Forgotten Children (Spanish: Psiconautas, los niños olvidados; also known as Psychonauts, the Forgotten Children) is a 2015 Spanish adult animated coming-of-age horror drama film written and directed by Alberto Vázquez and Pedro Rivero, based on the comic Psiconautas by Vázquez. It is the follow-up to the pair's short film Birdboy, following the titular character, a shy outcast in a post-apocalyptic society, and Dinky, a late-adolescent mouse girl (18-19) fleeing her desolate island home. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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